The Big Brother nine star appeared in court yesterday after assaulting his girlfriend Emma Blackman in April this year.

Rex attacked Emma at the Beach Blanket Babylon restaurant in Shoreditch, where he is an executive chef.

Elizabeth Ajayi, prosecuting, told the court that a member of the public noticed the argument and called the police.

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She said: "He was surprised as to why he was arrested and denied assaulting Emma Blackman. He said she made the allegations to get at him. He said he had an argument but did not assault her."

Elizabeth said Emma is "slapped, shoved, punched to the belly, punched in the upper part of her body."

She added: "Then he is holding her in a headlock. There's mention of a head butt.

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“There's clearly pushing and slapping to the victim of your assault”

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"What we say is on CCTV is, there is a jerking back of the female's head when his head went forward."

Emma did not provide a statement however Rex admitted assault by beating at Stratford Magistrates' Court after watching the CCTV footage.

Tessa Shroff, defending Rex, explained that he and Emma had been drunk at the time of the assault.

She said: "Miss Blackman says this was out of character for him, with whom she hopes to have a future."

Magistrate Peter Dawe said: "We cannot ignore what is a serious incident, and in particular we note that your assault was sustained, there's clearly pushing and slapping to the victim of your assault. We noted two distinct blows and the leg lock around her head."

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Rex was sentenced to a 12-month community order and 100 hours of unpaid work and was given a £485 fine.

The chef left court with Emma yesterday and looked to be in good spirits.

The 33-year-old came fourth in the 2008 series, which was eventually won by Rachel Rice.